Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made a post-election visit to the White House on Monday for a summit on veterans’ homelessness that ended with a wistful plea by First Lady Michelle Obama for the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump to continue a successful local, state and federal partnership to address homelessness.
Michelle Obama
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CT mayors network, seek money and meet the Obamas in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Connecticut’s mayors made their annual pilgrimage to Washington this week, looking for money, connections and ideas. The three-day conference, cut short for many by the prospect of a historic blizzard expected to hit Washington tomorrow, is a rare chance to meet President Obama, and much of his cabinet.
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Obamas to put Malloy in spotlight at State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will be one of the most notable guests at Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, sitting with Michelle Obama.
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Michelle Obama invites University of Hartford student to State of the Union
WASHINGTON – Not long ago he Anthony Mendez lived with his family in an homeless shelter, now he will sit with First Lady Michelle Obama her husband’s State of the Union speech to the nation Tuesday night, Mendez, a University of Hartford freshman, was invited by the First Lady because he overcame serious challenges to become the first high school graduate in his family.
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Let’s start childhood obesity prevention in the classroom
Offering healthy lunch options in Connecticut’s schools and elsewhere in the U.S. is important if the nation is to reverse its epidemic of childhood obesity.
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Op-Ed: Let’s start childhood obesity prevention in the classroom
Offering healthy lunch options in Connecticut’s schools and elsewhere in the U.S. is important if the nation is to reverse its epidemic of childhood obesity.
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A-listers for Malloy: FLOTUS today, POTUS on Sunday
Connecticut’s deadlocked race for governor drew First Lady Michelle Obama to a raucous rally Thursday in New Haven, the city whose turnout next week probably will be the rock on which Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s re-election founders or succeeds.
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Washington Watch, Week of Sept. 7
It will be a high-stakes game in Congress this week as lawmakers tackle a long list of priorities, including approval of a budget that would keep the government running past the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, and a temporary renewal of the charter for the Export Import Bank.
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DeLauro fights GOP attempts to weaken school nutrition standards
WASHINGTON – A congressional food fight is expected today as House GOP lawmakers press for changes in federal nutrition rules that would allow Connecticut schools to opt out of new school lunch standards.
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Washington Watch, Week of May 25
The Senate is out this week for the Memorial Day holiday and the House is in only a couple of days. But there will be some heated fights anyhow.
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Washington Watch, April 13 – 19
The cherry blossoms are finally blooming — but lawmakers won’t be able to enjoy them because they are on a two-week break.